Relating to and making appropriations to the justice system

What it does: Funds justice, corrections, public defense, public safety and homeland security agencies for the year starting July 1, 2026, raises court-appointed lawyers' pay by $4 an hour, creates up to $10,000-a-year loan repayment for attorneys doing indigent defense, and raises court filing fees. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall amendment H–8417, to amendment H–8414, be adopted?

Amends the bill to raise the victim assistance grants appropriation in the proposed replacement text from about $5.54 million to about $6.18 million. (AI-written)

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